Initial loss of cyanide, thiocyanate, and thiosulfate adjuvants following amendment to an oxidic gold ore

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1641-1643

  Ebbs, Stephen D ^a   Kolev, Spas D ^b   Piccinin, Robert C R ^b   Woodrow, Ian E ^b   Baker, Alan J M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Gold ore; Natural attenuation; Phytomining; Thiocyanate; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

GOLD ORE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PHYTOMINING; THIOCYANATE; THIOSULFATE;

CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; GOLD; ORE TREATMENT;

ORES;

EID: 80054018912     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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